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HELPED TO CREATE NATION IMn of the Pony Exgpees and the Ove. land Stage Deserve Place on History's Page. There recently died in Los Angeles, Wiitam Gooding, reputed to be the last of the famous pony express riders. The present generation knows lit tle about those pioneer times and the wonderful way news was carried across the continent during the ten years immediately prior to the build ing of the Union and Southern Pacific lines, which met at Promontory Point, Utah, In 1868. Mall and newspapers took from a month to fifty days to cross the continent prior to the estab lishment of the pony express, which began its service April 16, 1859, re ducing the time to ten days. Relay stations with change of mounts were established at short distances, depend ing upon the topography of the coun try, and each rider would ride at top speed from one to the other, change horses in a trice and go on. Human endurance was pressed to the limit. As an illustration of the speed made, the last message of President Bu chanan to congress, in December, 1860, was carried to San Francisco in eight days and two hours. In 1863 the trans continental telegraph line was com pleted and all news thereafter went by .wire, except such as the papers on the coast clipped from eastern papers which arrived by mail. When the rail roads were completed both the pony express and the later overland stage went into the discard, remaining, how ever, on short tributary routes for a number of years, some for many years. There are many tales told of the daring and nerve of those hardy - and courageous drivers of the stages, passin , as they did, fearlessly through hostile Indian country and not Infre quently suffering death at the hands of war parties, in spite of the effbrts made by the government to give them military protection. These are of the same character of tales which ikark the progress of American civilisation, from Plymouth Rock to Seal Rocks, in iubduing the wilderness and creating a great pation. Overheard at the Movie * His weif. had a severe headace, sad was sadly In need of quIet, so hupka4 usia he wiod take their man oatoy to the imovles, and for It was ail sme toab!., is he had not c- !* jrogua aIo they ey teed- the *Est them!., I e her r peates - t.ti : m depboepmy. fo thgo meiagi tt good rgrd ee W Yrl~~EweahOtaL at ec~~sd 1o The I mtk aws. a !e - h- titt at j am theo Nub b lteu: '"She deot eesa to like The pla .icedand after ha ap wpaa ~vidlent outburst oF uperm tostppatof the finaie stuirTh little VW.slta k i ih -~ oceagabri t~a~t -th ale- with: e at.± tt that wy .mete; _ft wha flw'Nghlau imst 1k h W s eme ~~t4P~r y.-'iihtesomhg 7I~e, R ' ~i51ailibi - :I-; a ~i: l Uncle Joe Cannon Sefls SetVice co_ . e• '9' o ,. -rA. ... ,.a~i. F== ~ a/7~~I~\0 oA 2 iB t 'A *PVIVW4Ei" EPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH GURNEY CANNON, Republican, Eighteenth dis trict of Illinois set a new American record the other day for service in congress, whenw he passed the mark set by Senator Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, who, as senator and Iepre eentatvle, served 48 years, 9 months and 24 days. Coantrie his victory Into the recent liadse, Mr. Cannon -has been elected to congess 28 times. He Is anw giding his forty-ftourth year of sea He was first elected to the Forty-third congress (1878-5) and failed of re deeton to the Fitty-third (189l) and aSiry-secomed (sl-TS) eonees. Be was speaker In the Ffty-eighth Fifty-ninth. Sixtieth amd BStyirst congremes (9 -81). ,is distriet eauSghse the counties of Glark C uaerland, d par, Iroquois, Lankakee and YeminnIe, with a poap-1 of ar i ut 2soa) ,li Uv iii D itu llse and is t lawyer and beaker. He was born to ailds N.. C., ead will be eIltj-ve yeats l6 May T. 10. "Uncle Joe" Caoen' name #s exceedinglyf. raile to the Unite 8tptes 'atlarge; ptdbty few ble amen ase amore widealy known. So the -tMoaar sts about hisea are pet sgmeraly ken .. While the vete. a-s la Intgittngrag gn biEadu ani dad a legislater he as also Jutetlngt si a an by whichn a the webofater 'at gs mhe easdsea The Jubihdl a lMa by the whet n -ariUas e Tee" ,et the new serntevi mrk amt adeemder atrse se.Trunes ..an sad we 'have 'rads with e ies le was .elen to ese ogres Ia 18i2 and here as s atof the attenanees which hint at ba eaugr o easrly tlst a cenint . Wsue.r Spteh. a...q (ark Ze ynis..uri-.. jmagrs Gct~agm wag bert n te battide. d&Ut op It -eRsoo a victory toe ML U { b e whica we arei-e by '= re 'set .have .a ,ue5us a- y tlkse us swing ma -~~* i~leg lr13 aag a toenshe Gad pha a4ene t"yuar e tone ar medE : " a we c:elerated "Uncle Iri aeadeiy saeld dow lba. t atd ;. 4a~ ~m sl~ peve em ige aehe had. : 't & ·e e ill daesh most -; e -seessd gle hie s me ` .si yt and wIa th third -t :° the ,firth ii~ ~ib lEdi*SieL -ak bet i ~pe _e" ty' ! gy p- _ lr_ mertr shf t UtaiUrns. -ye lbl wadd 4 a - ~i ta~Ei commemorate today secutely establishes Joseph 0. Cannon In the place of . .ather of all the. American Congresses." When he took his seat at the eglaning of the Forty-third congress, the great empire of the West was still the frontier Sof our dlvili.atlom That 'ast and powerful see tion, now eo potent In tNl coundls of the nation. Wam them without votes. exc.pting a narrow fringe of population on the shores of the Palcific open. The severeia istates of Arsona, Colorado, North Jota, South pakots, Idaho, Montana, New Mex Ico, Utah, Washington aid Wyoming were with out votes and were represented here by delegates. . What a wonderful galaxy of brilliant men were here wheo he came to congress! James G. BlaIne, the "Plamed Knight" of American statesmen, was speaker of the house. James A. Garfield was a member of the Ohl delegation and was givinag or$Mune as o those talents of leadership which ubsequently called him the presidency. JHulius C.Lurrows, of Michigan; Jan.es B. Bk, of Ken tucky; William P. rye and nugene Hale, of Maine: Joseph Hawley, of Connecticuat; George F. Boar, of Mapsmhcsettes Roger Q. Mlls, of TamE; ald th &lB. lMk. fn a the territory of , New Mexico, aere elected members of the sampe house and were subsequently called to the other nd Lof the caIt. But there were, to that same "Ungrems, . who rounded out their congressloan p1 careers in thib bey and whose names are equal ly ftatiliar to the-isertcan people. Among tohem might be mentioned Benjamitn I. Butler ci Massaeusetts; Bichard P. Bland, of Miseouri;. "Snset" Coe, atf New York; William 8. Holman, f IThena; John A. Hasson, ofat Iowa Williamr B. MoraIed, of llinois; Samuel J. Band all, ,e> Pmi atEaa; Alxanaer a. Stepheas, ob At teh a en 'of the capitol amight be a timoae iSle wqtIison, ot loa; Bayerd, o[ -ei. wafe; Omerom, ofa Penanylvanat; Carpenter, 4ft SChtadwol Of tMichigan t Boscoe aonr. , T enhas Hen G. Davis, of West Vira talae sIDGnsa, of Vehmont; Fr-nshuyueu, of . Ww- Jersey; Hannu l Hamlin, of Maine; John J. "i ls, of laeaft. John A. Logan, of Illinois; aptin `t. wdl, of -Vermeont; Oliver P. Morten . 'pist ina; dare hors. off sa roi John- s - seam and Ql. 0. Thwman, cOliq 'William SOf t l. t aepaton, mýap epvntes rsand es s-e whiiraere Ienedee a that notable gathering --all bufot te taa hg r the = stgde "r pial .ts. bfe amerCifut ltvrdenc basa left s Speaker Oonan asd Gemsera ;betwood in order that we gt new tAtt is hsa days there were giants Swik bleegi. nesto. oe nthetrr In in aog te9QPP '9 am latimtely connected with so :;ir: b ;As e weud malder 10a spieanks oa e : Sotw ow James0 f > iadi~~ qi rt~,:tx~~4-·~-~~~rt~ `a" the treatment of silver and the maintenance of the country's monetary standard, not to mention such side issues as the greenback craze-contests that were only settled by the titanic struggle of 1896-were all fought out here during the term of his active service. He was an "active par ticipant in the long-ex tended effortg out of which was finally evolved the present civil service. He has participated in the enactment of all of the great tariff measures; in the legislation thatshas been passed 'for the pro tection and elevation of labor; Including the Chl- , nese exclusion law;' iii the - so-called Sherman anti-rast law for curb ing corporate greed lad monopoly,..;ln ~he law that bunlt the- Panama canal, Unking the oceans, and reelizin k. the damg4 Iation that wap made necessarf bryg Wea= wars In the Arst-t ihlh we brouSgt thi~)I t i Ings of liberty to the s iruggng patriot. ao da, acquired Porto Rico and thb Philnpires. -d by' the second brought to an end tlio xkte4!u b that the world hab ever known. Since he has been here he has seen fear of the eighteen amendments to the Constitution adopter as part of the organic law. He hbs seen. tJe ex pandlng basiness of the na~on"s i -for the. cre tioa of three new executive departments-Agslcul ture, Commerce and Labor-and innamerable sub sidiary bm us. He has seen political pailes rise and disa fr and the issues which produced them cease to exist. But, above all, he has lived to see the American republic, which he ass loved and >& bated for throughout all these years, and whleh is in no small part the result of his handiwork,pro chimed as the leading nation in all the world. Gen. Isa c . Sherwood of Dhlo (born 18.~ )-li is true that I am the oldest man who ever served in this histore ic iamber, but I have always Jaeen told that there is no virtue io being old. If there were,I would be the most virtuouse man here. We .are here today.with a living knockdown argument ed the theory hi Doctor Osler (laughter) In Uncle Joei whoh bas honored this chamber with the long est service oa any man who ev served In any pea siameatary body. l the world. After-the 4th of March next I shall bid farewell to congress, and Uncle Joe Mill then be the oldest member of con grews and the oldest member of any paerllnme tary body le the world, and I wish him a Ing "God bless you" with all my heart. SSpeaker Frederick B Gltlett of bchasetts -4be aetivittles of the gentleman from llinois In an ·aeal. capadty have probably affected directly and Indirectly more millions of Americans than thoa tf any individual ne~w dwelling upon the earth. Not esly ha-s he surpamed all the states men otAmer c in length at service in conupicu ous pa t which he lha been oeesplease, but he as serpained the sairvice of anl rena very fw statei.SD i his.tory. anident and modern, and be steneds today with a lager record of emileat post tione than any statesmn now living in any nation r4hea w ord. Majerity-Floor Leader Frank W. Moadell of Wy onins--We have not always aCgeed with Uncle . ei. emaitr -ide, but we bave all honored him . hi vitae al ty and, smor than that, for his btelt r, gewaer Nsg courae. Long may he re . ihre to rand those who come that a man ,e# cpa lagzeP, that a inan raI stand for what Ir b e - is Wist,; even though .It, may not for e ' eJ*" COia -As I leek into your tees I aml. ide that aour honed smpeaker and his jeesreenrn that chair were approaching: the peals to tod tt , ro votesl r in 182. Jim Isman. "t a fe a _t sit5alee.-as no doubt beglnateis . tiei with ival embitieus to ceatimue a farmer or beeine a wEr; today he ia an orament ta bhr a true, icletisc farmer dhi the a , anad luseaml Iawaker I have ever hapsb. *se feda 1 e0! a aMd t t he - rwe htues tbiato igar i isn per a hise whilea t at the as e et seesn Oe we4$ mesas .t ar1se s :iat°sW PLEA FOR EAGLES Trapper Denounces the Bounty Placed on Birds. Incidentally He Criticizes the Present Tendency to Extirpation of Wild Creatures of Our Country. Next to the American Indian, the most practical naturalist in the world is the modern packer. He lets noth ing get away. After the packer we should place the prospector, hunter or trapper who makes his living among wild creatures and is obliged to know their habits. It chances that there is just in hand a rugged and outspoken letter from one of these latter practi cal naturalists who never took a de gree except in the school of out of doors, says a writer in the Saturday Evening Post. He writes from the heart of Alaska, far down the Yukon river, and makes outspoken comment on the present tendency to the extir pation of wild species by means of bounties and the like. In his blunt speech he says that as for killing eagles at 50 cents a head he is of the belief it would be better to put the bounty on the men who made the law. This practical naturalist has counted thirty-six dead caribou calves on the early spring bed grounds near his home. "He works where thousands of caribou calves are born each spring, lives among them and watches them. He says there were plenty of eagles about, but that he never saw them eat anything but the calves they found already dead. He says they may kill some weak calves or those about to die, but so far as he has learned in his travels in Alaska and Yukon ter ritory he has never seen any harm the eagle has done, although he has lived in that region for twenty-five years and is familiar with it from the Mac kenzie to the Bering sea and from the Arctic ocean to Lynn canal. "I am not a saloon or roadhouse prospector." he says, "but am in the hills 330 days out of the 365. I am not a naturalist and have not much educa tion, but If I couldn't make better conservation laws than some we have, d---- If't wouldn't quit. I would like to have some of our lawmakers out in the hills for a while and show them that elnee the killing off of the eagles there is nothing left to do the scaven ger work. There la just as much sense in killing the scavengers in the cities." I-There are getting to be a good many ipen In this country who are weary of eue 01M. and ghastly results of hayteria:a . wit ho begin to hope for "nae e sense uprs-a godo u . yw .;p"mietdIke to see this cou .t le o -l for a ?r isle the way Al mighty Provideoc constraucted It Mark Twain' ,Elephant. Mest of us receive whitew elephant at Christmas, minus trunks and tails, but Mark Twain, the American hu morist, aetually.,reesed ana elephant one Yuletide. Jpest b iere the , - the season a great Irfd wrote a.nd tsld him it he was wiaing toaccept aa elephant as t eti i k*reI. sL regard, it $*e.aud Errie In due coara. Whether mark lodvea pein tha dte fng as a joke or not ea t snt say, buitw answered the letted -by iearn aie, thanking his rind for the' er, and - agreeaing to accept the Mmoal. . art,' a huge supply of bay.'was delthaen, then an elephant ,maer was: ai E nenced to inspect fepjuiulest to see that there was praper c0ioanin.a- - tin for the liest, sad ily, the ant mal itself appeared upon thb sesee. It was a very tie sphede, and, to the casual oeu,,er., it oight have coe straight fem IndlM. However, or its new ma.stn ds. hapeetag It,- he Sene his Caristkas, premt was met. beatilly moeled of cardiard. An mamsng practical JMeC but asmewan New Airplaes Bulders of the "bstwg airplane have designed the ne r tar to over come the reistmance of strats wires and fuselage that hn the aisal type of machine -eusemes almost these quarters of the engine power. The new deal, says Popular 3echantee Magazine, is a great double esrbered asrtfol that tersiauites at. right -e left io the coneventtoasl alerds and that tapers t fhe rear ito a tarithat has .the sua, elevator andrnst r. The aetroell measures lo* fhat koer tip to tip and swells in the frot to a thles oat seven feeLt Ina that babl is-a cabin Ro feet long, eight teet wide and si foeet hi height. The new plane is an Internally trussed cantilever -trauns m ra e w ar Wreed rv e oso tough that the w .ing' . Xa ur eai= bemale' upbn. 4 In an *EM di rr ; posea to tbe` ta e ly sr 1 , "H. C. of Colum ipt wei ihaf t I w diets was hiersst or oseft 1 foned .1* wa th!kq